Take a journey billions of light years away and back home again. The American Museum of Natural History has this video called The Known Universe that starts near snowy Mt. Everest and, like Powers of Ten, pulls out and away from Earth to the rest of what we know is out there.
The structure of The Known Universe is based on precise, scientifically-accurate observations and research. The Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History maintains the Digital Universe Atlas, the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe.
Directed by Carter Emmart, this clip begs for full screen and HD. via kottke.
I hope one day we'll be able to travel the universe and find those other little specks of intelligence out there.
I'd say it's more like "OMG-WOW-Knock-Your-Eyes-Out-Extremely-Cool".
Great post! :-D
Watch on NFB site for best quality:
http://beta.nfb.ca/film/cosmic_zoom
Available also on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oF18rk_H0Y
But the colors are very washed out even in HQ.
Thank you for sharing